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Reformed Diaconate of Amsterdam, Medal in the Form of an Alms Medal, Presented to Newly Appointed Deacons and Deaconesses
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Silver medal. Obverse: poorly dressed woman, sitting on a stone with outstretched hands; a dove on her head, a yoke on her shoulders and a lamb beside her within inscription; edge: blank. Reverse: two loaves of bread, the upper one bearing the letters DIA, lying on a table covered with an ornate cloth within inscription; edge: date.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineHervormde Diakonie te Amsterdam, penning in de vorm van een armenpenning, geschonken aan nieuw aangekomen diakenen en diakenessen. 1861. David van der Kellen (1804-1879). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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